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TIL Marlon Brando was paid $3.7 million and an amazing 11.75% backend to play Jor-El, for 13 days work and less than 20 minutes onscreen. In comparison, Christopher Reeves earned $250,000 in the title role, dominating most of the 143-minute running time.

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ANMVg TIL the last character Mel Blanc (voice of Yosemite Sam, Sylvester, Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny, etc.) voiced was Mr. Spacely on Jetsons: The Movie (1990). Blanc died a year before it released.
v1K7R TIL that the Gnarls Barkley song "Crazy" developed out of a conversation between Danger Mouse and CeeLo Green talking about ways in which they could make people think we were crazy. CeeLo took the conversation, turned it into "Crazy" and recorded it in one take
LXX9 TIL magnetic liquids could be used to clean up oil spills
v1gk7 TIL that there are only 4 passports whose holders can enter the world's largest economies [i.e. USA, EU, China, India] without a visa: Japan, Singapore, Brunei, and San Marino
wLGlW TIL Polaroid cameras don't have batteries. They instead have an individual battery in each cartridge to power the camera enough to take the required shots.